No, it is generally not done that way.
Instead, one copies the public key to the XO laptop, and then a
password is not necessary, and it can remain unset.
sudo service sshd start
sudo chkconfig sshd on
Copy the id*.pub file from your system to the laptop, save it in a
directory .ssh as file name authorized_keys, then fix the file
protection or it won't work. One method of many:
mkdir --mode 755 ~/.ssh
cd ~/.ssh
wget http://server/xo/authorized_keys
chmod 0644 authorized_keys
Yes, you can set up a different user if you like. As the user 'olpc'
has root anyway, a different user will be less privileged. It really
depends on what this lesser user is to be entitled to do.
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 05:44:35PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote:
> Is it generally OK to change the password of user 'olpc' on an XO laptop, e.g.
> to set up remote ssh access to that XO?
>> Or is it somehow safer to create or set up a brand new Linux user for this
> purpose?
>> Thanks if u know!
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